Women's Suffrage In Canada

In the process of creating our country Canada much reform had to be taken by both the British, the founders of this land, and the inhabitants of Canada. One such example is seen through how women had to go through lots of struggle to gain their proper rights and freedom from the opposite gender. At times like the 1800s women were seen as ornaments less human than men. They strived to get by the terrible and abusive labour conditions of textile factories, having no say in their pay, housing and job. Women then decided to put an end to this century long abuse and formed a union against the government in order to get what they truly desired; independence.
Initially, before they rebelled, women had to live in inhumane conditions. They could have been today’s greatest doctors and teachers, but when
Emily Gowan Ferguson (Emily Murphy) was a women who believed that ladies had a higher potential. Early on in 1893 Murphy and four other female heroines (Irene Parlby, Louise Mckinney, Henrietta Muir Edwards and Nellie Mcclung), also known as “The Famous Five” found The National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC) a feminist organization which supported women’s suffrage and other similar organizations (i.e VON, CCSW). The NCWC is also responsible for the all time famous “Persons Case” where its members debated against the government so women would be treated justly and treated like “persons” (as in the BNA act women were not considered persons). Later on in her life Murphy continued to support girls’ education and the movement of women into the workplace, all while trying to maintain her position as the first female police magistrate in the entirety of the British Empire. With influence from groups like the famous five, women were now heavily demanding change from the government, sometimes even taking protesting to the